The Count of Monte Cristo

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"Will M. Danglars be there?"

"He has already been invited by my father. We shall try to persuade the
great d'Aguesseau, [*] M. de Villefort, to come, but have not much hope of
seeing him."

"'Never despair of anything,' says the proverb."

     * Magistrate and orator of great eloquence--chancellor of
     France under Louis XV.

"Do you dance, count?"

"I dance?"

"Yes, you; it would not be astonishing."